Holger, I took a look at and read through your very informative previous outline and photos on this subject. Very well done small mini series with a bit of history about the mining and the area around Silverton - Durango - Ouray - Telluride loop. The recent event in this area of the toxic release is a sad commentary on how difficult all this toxic waste is to deal with. No doubt major mistakes were made in this event, but even under the best of controls it is always a total mess to try and cleanup or at least prevent the worst case scenario, for which we now see on the nightly news.
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1 replies"Mine waste from the Gold King Mine north of Silverton fills the Animas River."
I have posted my concerns here at Nature Photographers Network in "Gallery: Environmental PJ" 2011 about the pollution from these old mines.
At that time I was very concerned about these waste run-offs. You can view my report at:
http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/ic.cgi?a=vp&pr=224085&CGISESSID=17772ca8064383b6eb52f685dfb253dc&u=1872
This was a disaster in the making. My report was very close to the “Gold King Mine”
Holger, I took a look at and read through your very informative previous outline and photos on this subject. Very well done small mini series with a bit of history about the mining and the area around Silverton - Durango - Ouray - Telluride loop. The recent event in this area of the toxic release is a sad commentary on how difficult all this toxic waste is to deal with. No doubt major mistakes were made in this event, but even under the best of controls it is always a total mess to try and cleanup or at least prevent the worst case scenario, for which we now see on the nightly news.
Thanks for sharing this updated post here on NPN.